Author Archives: daigletj

Trauma in the Class, What Do We Do?

Posted on April 28, 2021 by daigletj

What is Trauma? Trauma is pervasive in the high school setting. It’s pervasive everywhere, but it can be very prevalent in a high school classroom. However, it can be hard to catch and even harder to handle when a student’s … Continue reading →

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Science Teachers and the Raiders of the Misconception

Posted on April 7, 2021 by daigletj

Have you ever seen the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark? In the movie, there’s a scene where the intrepid archaeologist has made his way into an ancient temple where a golden idol is kept. At … Continue reading →

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Taking a Peek Inside Our Student’s Brains

Posted on February 10, 2021 by daigletj

Have you ever had a conversation with a friend where after a while you need to stop and ask, “how did we get on this topic?” You started talking about how your days went, but now you’re somehow discussing whether … Continue reading →

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Catching Students’ Curiosity

Posted on February 2, 2021 by daigletj

The first step to getting anyone to want to learn something is to capture their curiosity. No one is going to look at a diagram of forces acting on an object and be like “wow, someday I want to be … Continue reading →

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A Look at the STEM Field and Diversity

Posted on November 4, 2020 by daigletj

The field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a rapidly growing field. As the world become increasing reliant on technology, it becomes ever more important that people work to maintain these technologies and improve on them. According to … Continue reading →

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I Used Drive as an Excuse to Talk About Video Games (I’m Sorry)

Posted on October 7, 2020 by daigletj

Letting My Nerdiness Show I like video games. I’d say it’s the activity that I spend most of my free time doing. But there is one part of almost every video game that I hate: tutorials. It’s that part at … Continue reading →

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Atomic Habits: Patience with the Process

Posted on September 30, 2020 by daigletj

My Struggle with Patience I have to admit, I’m not a patient person. I’m the kind of person who lines my arms with grocery bags just to be sure it’ll only be one trip from my car to my house. … Continue reading →

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Teaching to the Margins: Into the Unknown

Posted on September 18, 2020 by daigletj

Margins, What Are They? Ecologically speaking, margins are areas that sit directly between two distinct ecological areas. Where a forest meets a beach. Where a field meets a road. Where a desert meets a mountain. These areas are studied by … Continue reading →

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Exemplary Teaching: Making Something to Care About

Posted on September 9, 2020 by daigletj

When I tell people my goal is to be a physics teacher, I get a lot of weird looks; Furrowed brows, scrunched noses, rolling eyes. They tell me “good for you, but I hated physics, I was so bad at … Continue reading →

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